	{"id":88218,"date":"2024-06-07T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/?p=88218"},"modified":"2024-06-06T17:33:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T07:33:46","slug":"villawood-increases-offer-for-care-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bellarinetimes\/living\/villawood-increases-offer-for-care-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Villawood increases offer for care workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nurses, teachers, emergency services staff, personal carers and other Victorian essential workers are now eligible for up to $35,000 in savings off the price of land from developer Villawood Properties.<\/p>\n<p>The grants form part of Villawood&#8217;s Care Worker Support Program, which increased late last month from $20,000 to $35,000 in a community-targeted affordability drive to mark the developer&#8217;s\u00a035th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Recently awarded state and national gongs by the Urban Development Institute of Australia, the program has assisted more than 300 care workers in three states to buy a home close to their workplace.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038\" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/06\/ArmstrongClubhouse_46017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Villawood is using the grants to help care workers buy a home close to their workplace. Photo: FACEBOOK\/ARMSTRONG MT DUNEED<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The brainchild of Villawood executive director Rory Costelloe, whose own parents were both care workers, the grants have totalled to more than $4.46 million.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The care worker program is part of the Villawood ethos of giving back to the community,&#8221; Mr Costelloe said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Care workers are remarkable human beings who hold our society together in so many ways. This program helps them and their presence in turn helps others in their neighbourhoods.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s about strengthening our Villawood communities and the broader communities where care workers work.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Australia Bureau of Statistics data shows wages of vital care workers could be as far as $21,000 below the average annual income. PWC research also suggests as many as 79 per cent of care workers dont&#8217;t believe they will ever own their own home.<\/p>\n<p>Villawood chief executive officer Alan Miller said he was delighted to be able to increase the assistance for care workers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They are the backbone of our community, yet this research shows many can struggle to own their own homes.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This program is aimed squarely at helping achieve that. It&#8217;s provided a mechanism to ensure they can live close to work and in a thriving, positive community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The program was previously means tested to individuals earning less than $85,000 or couples with a combined $135,000 income.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the increase, Villawood also announced these salary caps were to be lifted to $125,000 per person and $195,000 per household, in an effort to ensure all care workers were eligible.<\/p>\n<p>The increase to the Care Worker Support Program has elicited strong support from government, care sectors, unions, and the carers themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Anna Ramos Ascue, an intensive care nurse who lives in the Armstrong Mt Duneed development, is a previous recipient of the grant, and remembers the huge impact it had on her.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was a great help \u2014 just not having to put up so much money out of pocket,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It was really touching that Villawood thought about us, because you&#8217;ve been working so hard caring for people in the community so it&#8217;s like their way of giving back to us, which is so good.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The grants are capped at 25 lots per participating development, including Armstrong Mt Duneed in Armstrong Creek and Coridale in Lara, for a total of 200 lots.<\/p>\n<p>For more, head to <a href=\"http:\/\/villawoodproperties.com.au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">villawoodproperties.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>\/\/ Sponsored Content<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nurses, teachers, emergency services staff, personal carers and other Victorian essential workers are now eligible for up to $35,000 in savings off the price of land from developer Villawood Properties. 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